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Hungry Jungle
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What happened to the animals? Forest species = 36Impacted species = 21
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Today Groups of 4. Each group gets: – Large sheet of felt – Organism cards – Arrows – Activity sheet Task: To as a group figure out a way to illustrate what organisms eat what in the jungle.
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Food Chain Food chains show the transfer of energy from one organism to the next. Each level is called a trophic level.
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Trophic Levels Indicates the position that the organism occupies in the food chain. The levels are numbered according to how far the particular organism is along the chain. – the primary producer (1), to herbivores (2), to predators (3), to carnivores or top carnivores (4 or 5).
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Disturbed Food Chain Any disturbance affects the whole food chain. What happens if the top predator is eliminated?
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Food Web A more complex system of multiple food chains. Many interactions. http://neuearbeitmachtfrei.blogspot.com/2009_04_01_archive.html
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My Research Why may I have found more species in the forest and not in the impacted places? Importance of conservation.
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